Mini Hydro-Electric Power Plant with Re-Circulated Water Power Source

摘要

This research was conducted to explore the feasibility of designing a Mini-Hydro Electric Power Plant wherein bodies of water such as streams, lakes, and rivers are not available. The above-mentioned bodies of water will not be used as a source of water power for the system. System components shall consist of the following: an elevated water storage tank, a hydraulic turbine coupled to a power generator, a hydraulic ram with a waste-water catching basin, identical air sealed primary and secondary water storage tanks, and a battery bank with AC/DC Inverter. Water needed for turbine operation shall be stored on an elevated water storage tank and shall be piped to the hydraulic turbine which is coupled to a power generator that will be charging a bank of batteries. Emerging water from the hydraulic turbine shall be re-circulated back to the elevated water storage tank through the use of the combined operation of the hydraulic ram and through the water recirculation process used from the modified Heron's siphon principle. If further developed, this technology will be of potential use as a sustainable source of electrical power and energy.